>>253I have no idea how you came to that idea or where you heard it from but the patriarchy ideology itself is a myth.
You might be trying to make the concept of Patriarchy compatible or even attempt to make sense of why some might believe it's real, along the lines of how some would futilely believe there's benevolent applications to social justice (which itself is a catch-all term that simultaneously nullifies any actual definition when put into action), but it is ultimately and always has been a myth.
>This is the exact same mistake that the feminists you're annoyed about are making - and this is not what MOST feminists actually think. Feminists are so divided and splintered amongst themselves because feminism itself is a vaguely defined and constantly re-adopted ideology. It varies too far and too chaotic to be consistent between one feminist to the next.
>Patriarchy is an ideology, and it hurts men and women. It skews the way we think about things. It sees men as powerful and women as weak; it's the reason men aren't seen as rape victims, again as >>252 points out. This ideology is patriarchy, and feminism is about combating that ideology; not men.Ironically, and surprisingly, I'm shocked you believe that's the reason why men aren't seen as rape victims. While I'll extend some benefit of the doubt and think you're alluding to the "man up, shake it off" vibe of masculinity, that's not the full extent of why men aren't seen as rape victims, or any kind of victim at that.
One of the most recent variations of feminism is trying to own the image of a victim, especially rape victims. To admit that men can be victims means they have to surrender the identity of a victim and victimization as a whole. At the same time this action exposes that brand of feminism for its hypocrisy, because by their actions you can see how determined and caught up they are in self-victimization. They only seek to own the
woe is me, woe is womyn mindset so they can perpetuate their own version of women are weak. Long gone are the days of personal strength. To them it seems that a woman can only be strong if she's already a victim in some form or another. How pathetic and shameful is that? Self-victimization, self-infantilization, where does it end? Who wants to be a victim? Shouldn't they be promoting personal strength, not the victim mentality. Look up what the victim mindset does to people. Why would anyone want to handicap themselves with that?
How did you get this far without seeing all of this? If all of feminism was trying to stop this supposed existence of patriarchy where men can't be (rape) victims and women always are (weak), then why are they so keen on establishing the identity of victims and creating an absolute image for it?
Do you not see the hypocrisy yet?